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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL — Oct. 31, 2007
The Top 25 PRESEASON women’s basketball coaches poll, with team’s 2006-07 FINAL RECORDS in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in the final 2006-07 poll and first-place votes received:
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Rank |
School (2006-07 record) |
Points |
Final 2006-07 Rank |
First-Place Votes |
|
1 |
Tennessee (34-3) |
767 |
1 |
26 |
|
2 |
Connecticut (32-4) |
714 |
5 |
4 |
|
3 |
Rutgers (27-9) |
683 |
2 |
0 |
|
4 |
Maryland (28-6) |
637 |
14 |
0 |
|
5 |
LSU (30-8) |
617 |
4 |
1 |
|
6 |
Oklahoma (28-5) |
550 |
9 |
0 |
|
7 |
North Carolina (34-4) |
539 |
3 |
0 |
|
8 |
Stanford (29-5) |
529 |
16 |
0 |
|
9 |
Duke (32-2) |
515 |
6 |
0 |
|
10 |
Georgia (27-7) |
509 |
13 |
0 |
|
11 |
Texas A&M (25-7) |
459 |
21 |
0 |
|
12 |
Arizona State (31-5) |
454 |
8 |
0 |
|
13 |
George Washington (28-4) |
331 |
11 |
0 |
|
14 |
California (23-9) |
322 |
not ranked |
0 |
|
15 |
Baylor (26-8) |
317 |
20 |
0 |
|
16 |
Ohio State (28-4) |
284 |
18 |
0 |
|
17 |
Vanderbilt (28-6) |
181 |
17 |
0 |
|
18 |
Michigan State (24-9) |
166 |
25 |
0 |
|
19 |
Florida State (24-10) |
155 |
19 |
0 |
|
20 |
Purdue (31-6) |
146 |
7 |
0 |
|
21 |
Pittsburgh (24-9) |
142 |
not ranked |
0 |
|
22 |
West Virginia (21-11) |
139 |
not ranked |
0 |
|
23 |
Louisville (27-8) |
126 |
24 |
0 |
|
24 |
Texas (18-14) |
121 |
not ranked |
0 |
|
25 |
North Carolina State (25-10) |
78 |
12 |
0 |
Others receiving votes (with 2006-07 record): DePaul (19-13) 75; Middle Tennessee (30-4) 71; Notre Dame (20-12) 57; Auburn (21-13) 41; Wisconsin (23-13) 32; Mississippi (24-11) 31; Georgia Tech (21-12) 30; Marquette (26-7) 30; Xavier (26-8) 30; Wyoming (27-9) 26; Brigham Young (23-10) 17; Southern California (17-13) 17; Bowling Green (31-4) 16; Oklahoma State (20-11) 16; New Mexico (24-9) 12; UCLA (14-18) 12; Western Kentucky (23-9) 11; Marist (29-6) 7; Montana (27-4) 7; Nebraska (22-10) 7; TCU (21-11) 7; Temple (25-8) 7; Iowa State (26-9) 6; Kentucky (20-14) 5; Minnesota (17-16) 5; Gonzaga (24-10) 4; Boise State (24-9) 3; Old Dominion (24-9) 3; Texas Tech (15-16) 3; Tulane (26-7) 2; Ball State (24-7) 1; Hartford (25-9) 1; Utah (19-14) 1; Wisconsin-Green Bay (25-4) 1.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2007-08 season: Agnus Berenato, Pittsburgh; Pam Borton, Minnesota; Brian Boyer, Arkansas State; Beth Burns, San Diego State; Debra Clark, Florida A&M; Beth Couture, Butler; Leslie Crane, Western Illinois; Dana Eikenberg, Southern Illinois; Tricia Fabbri, Quinnipiac; Sharon Fanning, Mississippi State; Brian Giorgis, Marist; Julie Goodenough, Charleston Southern; Kellie Harper, Western Carolina; Mary Hegarty, Long Beach State; Nate Kilbert, Mississippi Valley State; Melissa McFerrin, American; Kevin McGuff, Xavier; Tina Martin, Delaware; Curt Miller, Bowling Green; Dan Muscatell, Sacramento State; Paul Nixon, Columbia; Rick Reeves, Gardner-Webb; Lee Ann Riley, Stephen F. Austin; Jennifer Rizzotti, Hartford; Rhonda Rompola, Southern Methodist; Julie Rousseau, Pepperdine; Brady Sallee, Eastern Illinois; Cindy Stein, Missouri; LaVonda Wagner, Oregon State; Adrian Wiggins, Fresno State; Kay Yow, North Carolina State.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The first regular-season poll will be conducted the morning of Nov. 13 and be available for an early afternoon release.
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